John potter



rtm1 taiee JOHN POTTER... or -QUiNoid ILLrNo-rs.

Letters Patent No. 106,504, dated August 16, 18.70.

F uvre-fr IMPRQEMENT 1N ToBAceo-:Box 0R DRUM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part cf the sama thereof, reference being had to the ,accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference ntun'lredthereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the constructionl of u tobacco-drum made of one hoop,

with the combined strength of a hoop upon each end `und iron straps crosswise of the marin hoop.

` In orderV to ennbleothers skilled in the :n't to which my invention lipperteins to make and use the same, I

will now proceed.todescribe its construct-ion and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Fignre 1 is :L side view, :md Figure 2V, a' plain view of my improved tobaccodrum.

My tobacco-drum is mede of a, single hoop, A, of

:my desired length ztud'width, fiistenell together and strengthened by iron straps B B` plneed on the -outside, orosswise ofthe hoop, a, suitable dist-:nice :1pm-t,

und their ends bent inward over the edge ot' the hoop.

At the ends of the mai-n hoop A are smaller hoops C C, snrrolnn'linr the sanne, and imparting still more strength. Y

The heads I) aire inserted nndfustened iirany of the known and usuel ways.

Having thus fully described my invention,

XVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As :t new :tl-ticle of nmnufalctnre, u tobacco-drum formed ot' one hoop, A, and strengthened hynletnl straps B B and hoops C C, all as shown ,and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of June, 1870.

JOHN POTTER. Witnesses:

' L. E. Emrons,

DANIEL HARRIS. 

